As the largest single chunk of melting snow and ice in the world, the massive ice sheet that covers about 80 percent of Greenland is recognized as the biggest potential contributor to rising sea levels due to glacial meltwater. …Read more ›

By Lawrence Summers January 4 Lawrence Summers is a professor at and past president of Harvard University. He was treasury secretary from 1999 to 2001 and economic adviser to President Obama from 2009 through 2010. The case for carbon taxes…Read more ›

As Congress heads back to work today, the new Senate Republican leadership has made it clear that approving the Keystone XL pipeline — which would carry oil from Canada to the Gulf Coast for export to overseas markets — is…Read more ›

Collapse guru Jared Diamond says we should heed the warning of the Greenland Vikings, whose record was nowhere near as good as their Minnesota namesakes. “If anyone tells you that there’s a single-factor explanation for societal collapse,” says collapse…Read more ›

The 2014 midterm elections saw a wave of Republican candidates elected and re-elected to federal office, many of whom are now rearing to make the environment their first casualty of the 114th Congress. As it turns out, the fossil fuel…Read more ›

DANBURY, Conn. — The more that engineers look, the more they find unexpected ways to capture carbon dioxide, a gas that scientists say threatens global climate stability. Until now, most efforts to capture carbon have been expensive, in dollars and…Read more ›

As we broadcast from the United Nations Climate Summit in Lima, Peru, we speak with Pascoe Sabido of the Corporate Europe Observatory, which has just released a new report, “Corporate Conquistadors: The Many Ways Multinationals Both Drive and Profit from…Read more ›

Date: December 7, 2014 Source: University of New South Wales Summary: Australia’s solar researchers have converted over 40 percent of the sunlight hitting a solar system into electricity, the highest efficiency ever reported. A key part of the prototype’s design is the…Read more ›

The waters off the coast of New England are warming more rapidly than almost any other ocean region on earth. Scientists are now studying the resulting ecosystem changes, and their findings could provide a glimpse of the future for many…Read more ›

It may be the timeliest — and most troubling — idea in climate science. Back in 2012, two researchers with a particular interest in the Arctic, Rutgers’ Jennifer Francis and the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Stephen Vavrus, published a paper called…Read more ›

BURNABY, B.C. – Anti-pipeline activists camped out on a mountain near Vancouver clashed with police Thursday, as the RCMP enforced a court injunction ordering protesters to clear an encampment and allow work related to a proposed expansion project by Kinder…Read more ›

The world’s population is increasing hence the demand to boost food production also increases and for the last 50 years, there have been no problem when it comes to food production. With the use of advance technology in the field…Read more ›

In this well prepared report you will find many links to articles that substantiate the situation we face, now: “We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors; we borrow it from our children.” – Native American proverb March through…Read more ›

The results are in. Yesterday the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change released it final report crystallizing 13 months of work by more than 800 scientists. The “synthesis report” gives a no-nonsense assessment of how the climate is changing,…Read more ›

Kansas Governor Sam Brownback once supported wind energy, but that was before petrochemical billionaires and Kansas natives Charles and David Koch became his largest campaign donors. Now, Brownback and the Kochs find themselves enmeshed in a highly competitive governor’s race,…Read more ›

Humans rule the world, for worse or for worse. This week, a 30-strong team of geologists, ecologists, and climate scientists from around the globe are meeting in Berlin to discuss whether we’ve entered into a new geologic “epoch of humans.”…Read more ›

Oil profits are being tested. Crude prices have face-planted to their cheapest level since 2010, threatening the balance sheets of companies and the budgets of nations. Take Canada’s controversial oil sands. With crude prices teasing $80 a barrel for the…Read more ›

In the 1980s, leading consultants were skeptical about cellular phones. McKinsey & Company noted that the handsets were heavy, batteries didn’t last long, coverage was patchy, and the cost per minute was exorbitant. It predicted that in 20 years the…Read more ›

A team of American scientists has recovered billions of dollars’ worth of “dark data” from the 1960s, pushing back the modern satellite record of sea ice extent by 17 years. David Gallaher was eight years old in 1964, watching satellites…Read more ›

Key Points: The oceans are by far the largest heat reservoir on Earth, absorbing 93% of global warming. Because of this, accurate assessments of heat uptake are essential to balance the sea level budget, and for observationally-based estimates of climate…Read more ›

This is a special Upworthy series about encouraging action on climate change. Made Possible by Planet Victory; Narrative: Narrator: I’m on the phone with Jim on one of our regular check-ins. Jim, just nothing is happening. Hey, Jim. It’s going…Read more ›

First, the truth: After a summer of seasonal melting, on Sept. 17, 2014, Arctic sea ice extent* likely hit its minimum for the year. The official word is that it was measured at 5.02 million square kilometers (1.94 million square…Read more ›

The strongest typhoon of the year and fifth ‘super typhoon,’ which sustain speeds of over 150 mph, is headed toward Japan after intensifying over the last few days. As of early Wednesday, Super Typhoon Vongfong had winds of over 180…Read more ›

The Technology Roadmap: Solar PV 2014 shows that the IEA now expects solar to become the biggest single source of energy by 2050. The IEA has doubled its forecast capacity for solar PV compared to previous forecasts. Rooftop solar, it…Read more ›